3.6 Time Concept Activities
Activity: Monthly Calendar Sheets
A monthly calendar sheet can be used for each learner. The kind with large
squares for each day works best. Upcoming events, individual schedules, birthdays,
the weather and so on can be recorded on the calendar. New vocabulary can be
jotted down on the calendar, too. Stickers of graphics can be pasted on appropriate
dates.
Skills that can be taught:
- Calendar Vocabulary (days, week, weekend, month, year)
- Abbreviations (Sun, Mon, Tue, Mar, Dec, etc.)
- Number Recognition (1-31, year)
- Counting (1-31, counting by days, weeks, months)
- Time Sequence/Ordinal Numbers (first, second, yesterday,
tomorrow, etc.)
- Understanding Diagrams (“reading” the calendar,
locating dates, etc.)
- Key Dates (pay day, weekends, work days, holidays, etc.)
